Pops in Pop Culture: Fatherhood, Masculinity, and the New by Elizabeth Podnieks,Heath Diehl,Andrea Doucet,May

By Elizabeth Podnieks,Heath Diehl,Andrea Doucet,May Friedman,Melvin Hill,Kristi Humphreys,Peter C. Kunze,Abigail Locke,Kathryn Pallister,Andrea Schofield,Christy Ebert Vrtis,Helena Wahlström Henriksson,Nicole Willey

The definitions of fatherhood have shifted within the twenty-first century as paternal subjectivities, conflicts, and needs have registered in new methods within the modern relatives. This assortment investigates those websites of switch via a number of lenses from pop culture - movie, tv, blogs, best-selling fiction and non-fiction, stand-up comedy exercises, ads, newspaper articles, parenting guide-books, and games. Treating buildings of the daddy on the nexus of patriarchy, gender, and (post)feminist philosophy, individuals examine how fatherhood is outlined with regards to masculinity and femininity, and the moving buildings of the heteronormative . Perceptions of the daddy because the conventional breadwinner and authoritarian in comparison to a extra engaged and concerned nurturer are thought of through representations of fathers from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Australia, South Africa, and Sweden.

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